1982

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Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s

Years: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 - 1982 - 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Births

Deaths

February 11 -- Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of [Glenn Ford]?
February 11 -- Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor
June 8 -- Satchel Paige, baseball player
March 5 -- John Belushi, actor
March 6 -- Ayn Rand, author

Events

First computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escapes into the wild.
Hafele and Keating prove Atomic clock changes depend on Earth's rotation (See Einstein's Special Relativity and General Relativity).
Falklands War takes place from April 2nd to June 20th.
Italy wins Football World Cup in Spain

Sport

January 24 - Super Bowl XVI San Francisco 49ers (26) def. Cincinnati Bengals (21)

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Kenneth G. Wilson
Chemistry - Aaron Klug
Medicine - Sune K Bergström, Bengt I Samuelsson, John R Vane
Literature - Gabriel García Márquez
Peace- Alva Myrdal and Alfonso García Robles
Economics - George Stigler

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